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Do you want to do some research about prisoners of war (POWs) or POW camps?
Do you want to list someone who was a POW?
Do you want to share information, experiences or stories about POWs?
This On-Line Museum has collections about allied military POWs (1939 - 1945) held by:
The Germans
The Italians
The Japanese
and Facebook Groups for discussion about these subjects.
You can visit these collections and
you can add to them.
Let us know any information you have that you would like to be added to this on-line museum.
(Because there is a lot of work to do, please don't worry if it is not always possible
to answer you immediately)
When you find the link to the camp you are looking for
you can add a name to the list of other POWs who were there.
Please remember: these lists are not complete -
they rely on people like you to add names to them.
COLLECTION 1
POWs held by Germany:
click here: STALAG
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag Luft III
POWs held by Germany:
click here: STALAG
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag Luft III
COLLECTION 2
POWs held at Stalag VIIIB/344
click here: POWs LAMSDORF
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
POWs held at Stalag VIIIB/344
click here: POWs LAMSDORF
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf
COLLECTION 3
POWs held by Italy:
click here: POWs ITALY
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Campo 57, Gruppigano
POWs held by Italy:
click here: POWs ITALY
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Campo 57, Gruppigano
COLLECTION 4
POWs held by Japan:
click here: POWs FAR EAST
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Changi, Singapore
POWs held by Japan:
click here: POWs FAR EAST
Facebook Group - click here
Picture: Watchtower at Changi, Singapore
COLLECTION 5
After the War:
The POW experiences affected different people in different ways.
Many were changed men on their return home
and sadly some felt eventually unable to cope with life at all later on.
click here: After the War
After the War:
The POW experiences affected different people in different ways.
Many were changed men on their return home
and sadly some felt eventually unable to cope with life at all later on.
click here: After the War
See also the Facebook group of the UK National Ex-Prisoners-of-War Assocation:
www.facebook.com/NationalExPOWAssociation/
